APPENDIX, 



On transplanting Turf, — From the Hortus Gramineus Jfoburn- 

 ensis, by G. Sinchir. London, 1825. 



The following mode ^f returning tillage land to permanent 

 pasture, called transp'^^nting, is practised in England, and re= 

 ferred to in page 14^of this volume. 



The mode of returning tillage land to permanent pasture, 

 called transr-'iinting, was invented by Mr. VVhitworth, of Lin- 

 colnshire> and Mr. John Blomfield of Warham, Norfolk, first 

 practised it to any extent, having, in the year 1812, converted 

 thirty-two acres of tillage land by this mode. 



in laying down land to permanent pasture by this mode, it is 

 essential that the soil should be free of the seeds and roots of 

 weeds, and made perfectly clean by a clear out-summer fallow. 

 The Autumn is the best season for transplanting turf: and this 

 should be selected from the very best pasture, for otherwise 

 weeds and inferior grasses will be propagated. 



if the field, from which the turf is to be taken, is intended to 

 be broken up for a course of tillage crops, then the whole of the 

 turf maybe pared off, and employed in forming the new pasture. 

 But should the field be required to remain in permanent pas- 

 ture, a portion only of the turf must be taken from the field, 

 and a sufficiency of the sward, or grass plants, left standing for 

 that purpose. 



In the first of these cases, Mr. Blakie directs a paring-plough 

 to be used ; but if that cannot be conveniently obtained, a 

 common plough, with the coulter and share made very sharp, 

 will answer the purpose; a wheel-plough is preferable to a swing- 

 plough for paring turfs, because it goes steadier, and cuts the turf 



